Journal-box.



G.J.THOMAS.

JOURNAL BOX.

' APPLIOATION'PILED JULY 20,191&

V 130,858. Patented M5119, 1915.

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G. J. THOMAS.

JOURNAL BOX.

APPLIGATION FILED JULY 20, 1914.

1,1 30,858. Patented Mar. 9, 1915.

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C OMADORE J. 'lI-IOMAS, 0F GREEN BAY, WISCONSIN.

JOURNAL-BOX.

' Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 9, 1915.

Application filed July 20, 1914.. Serial No. 852,031.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that LCOMA oRE J. THOMAS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Green Bay, in the county of Brown and State of Wisconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in J ournal- Boxes, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to certain improvements in journal boxes and has relation more particularly to a device of this general character which is partly or entirely submerged in liquid; and the object of the invention is to provide a device of this general character having novel and improved means whereby the shaft coacting therewith may be applied or removed with convenience and facility and wherein the possibility of resultant friction is substantially entirely eliminated.

The invention consists in the details of construction and in the combination and arrangement of the several partsof my improved journal boxwhereby certain important advantages are attained and thedevice is rendered simpler, less expensive and otherwise more convenient and advantageous for use, all as will be hereinafter more fully set forth. I

The novel features of the invention will becarefully defined in the appended claims.

In order that my invention may be the better understood, I will now proceed to describe the same with reference to the accompanying drawings, wherein Figure l is a view, partly in side elevation and partly in section, of a journal box constructed in accordance with an embodiment of my invention; Fig. 2 is a sectional view taken substantially on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is a sectional view taken substantially on the line 33 of Fig. 2; Fig. 4: is a fragmentary horizontal sectional view taken through one end of my improved journal box and illustrating certain details of construction; and Fig. 5 is an end elevational view of the cage herein included.

While I do not show my improved bearing in applied position in the accompanying drawings, I wish tostate that it is particularly adapted for use in connection with paper manufacturesqand is intended to 00-' act with the :shaft' of the molding cylinder and is adapted to be anchored to the coact ing vat. Ido notwish, however,to be understood as limiting myself to this particudimensions but herein set forth as of sub-V stantially rectangular form and having produced 1n its opposite ends the vertically disposed open ended slots 2 adapted to permit the ready positioning of the shaft A'of the molding cylinder or the like. The lower 7 ends of the slots are suitably rounded and relnforced, as at 3, in order to have requisite coaction with the shaft A. The longitudinal walls of the slots are grooved, as at 4C,

in order to serve as guides for the slides 4 I adapted to close such slots 2, it being understood that the longitudinal edges 5 of the slides are of corresponding formation as the grooves, as is believed to be clearly shown in the accompanying drawings. It is also to be understood that the lower or inner end portions of the slides are provided with the rounded recesses 7 adapted to register with the rounded lower extremities 3 of the slots 2 in order to properly coact with the shaft A. The upper extremities of the slides 42 are provided with the transverse members 8 adapted to overlie the adjacent portions of the ends of the casing 1 and adapted to be anchored thereto, as at 9, in

any desired manner but preferably by the conventional coacting bolts and nuts, as is disclosed in the accompanying drawings. By this arrangement, it will be perceived that the slides I will be effectively locked in operative position but are capable of ready and convenient removal when the requirements of practice should so require.

Adjacent each end and in predetermined spaced relation thereto, the longitudinal walls of the casing 1 are provided with the opposed vertically arranged open ended slots 10 extending entirely thereacross and which are adapted to receive the partition slides 11 and 12, the partition slides 11 having their upper surfaces substantially flush with the lower ends of the slots 2 and being provided with the circular recesses 14: in register with the rounded or recessed portions 3 of the slots. The lower or inner ends of the upper partition slides 12 are also provided with the circular recesses 15 adapted to aline with the recesses 7 of the slides when applied, wherebyv it will be readily perceived. that no obstruction will be offered by the partition slides to the shaft A.

The partition slides 11 and 12 afford the end compartments a in which is adapted to be inserted suitable packing 16, such as greased waste,which, in addition to serving as alubricant for the shaft A, affords an effective means to prevent ingress of liquid within the intermediate portion 6 of the casing.

The upper end of the casing 1' is open and is adapted to be closed by the cover 17 which is maintained in operative position through the medium of the conventional clamping members 19 disposed through the laterally directed perforated cars 18 produced at the base of the casing l.

Suitably positioned within the intermediate portion b of the casing 1 and resting on the base or bottom thereof is'the shaft supporting member 20 of predetermined configuration, the upper face whereof being open and the end walls being provided with the circular recesses 21 adapted to accommo- 7 date the shaft A, as is believed to be selfevident; and in order that the shaft A may rotate with a minimum of friction, the longitudinal upper edgesof the shaft supporting member 20 has suitably secured thereto the cage 22, the end portion whereof being provided with the semi-circular recesses 23 provided with the transverse grooves 24 adapted 'to accommodate the reduced extremities 25 While my improved device maybe anchoredv in operative position in any desired manner, I find it of advantage to provide the side walls of the casing 1 adjacent an end thereof with the laterally directed outwardlydisposed flanges 28 arranged transversely of the side walls of the casing 1 and 7 through which suitable anchoring means are adapted to be directed,-as is believed to'be I clearly apparent to those skilled in the art to which my present invention appertains. In order that the flanges 28 will offer no obf struction'to the cover 17, Ihave the adjacent portion thereof recessed, as indicated at 29. Y

' As before stated my improved journal box is particularly adapted for use in paper manufacture and the box is designed for the purpose of being disposed within a vat filled or partially filled with-liquid. It is for'this reason, therefore, thatthe journal box is provided with an outerwall, the inner walls 12, between which and the outer wall packing is placed and a journal bearing disposed above the bottom of the middle compartment, this middle compartment being formed with a drainage opening. The packing prevents the inflow of water into the middle compartment and into contact with the bearings supporting the shaft and any liquid which may possibly leak into the middle compartment falls to the bottom thereof and is carried awayby the drainage pipe, As the bearing 26 is elevated above the bottom no water can come in'contact with the'bearings. The sliding partitions 12 and end members 4 are removable in order to provide for an easy removal of the shaft or removal of theboxesfrom the shaft. The end members 4 are so constructed as to have a watertight engagement with the end walls ofthe casing 1 and packing may be placed between the overlapping portionsof the end walls 1 and the end walls of the 'casingif desired for this purpose if necessary.

.When it is desired to remove the shaft A,

which shaft supports a molding cylinder within the vat, (the journal bearing being disposed inthe wall of the vat) the end mem bers 4 are detached from engagement with the body of the bearing and the shaft, together with the molding cylinder, are drawn upward, the partitions '12 following upward with the upward movement of the shaft and being drawn out with the shaft. This box is designed to take the place of a babbit box which is in the water all of the time and cannot be greased. This -wears on. the face of the cylinder mold and makes it very hard on the felts of the machine. The cover is closed very tightly upon the front of the box so as to keep the water which is'squeezed from the couch roll and the cylinder out of the box.

From the foregoing description, it is thought to be obvious that a journal box constructed in accordance with my invention is of an extremely simple and comparatively inexpensive nature and is particularly well adapted for use by reason of the convenience and facility with which it maybe assembled, and it will also be obvious that my invention is susceptible of some change and modification without material departure from the principles and spirit thereof and for this reason I do not wish to be understood as 1 limiting myself to the precisearrangement and formation of the several parts herein shown in carrying out my invention in practice. 7

I claim.

1. A journal box including a casing having upwardly extending intermediate walls on the bottom of the casing, the walls being spaced from each other- 'to provide a compartment between the walls and being spaced from the end walls of the casing to provide end compartments, said casing having shaft openings at its ends, removable slides insertible through the top of the casing and normally held in alinement with said intermediate walls, packing disposed in the end compartments and between said slides in the end walls of the casing, a shaft bearing mounted in the intermediate compartment, said intermediate compartment having a drain opening, and a cover closing said casing, the intermediate walls and slides being formed to embrace a shaft passing through the casing.

2. A journal box of the character described comprising a. casing divided into three compartments adapted to permit the passage of a shaft-entirely through the casing, packing disposed in the end compartments, and a shaft bearing disposed in the intermediate compartment and less in length and width than the intermediate compartment, the intermediate compartment having a drainage opening, the entrance end of which is exterior to the shaft bearing.

3. A device of the character described comprising a casing having alined open ended slots, slides insertible within said slots, said slides having portions overlying the adjacent portions of the casing, and means coacting with the casing and the overlying portions of the slides for holding the slides against removal.

4. A journal box of the character described comprising a casing having an end wall vertically slotted, an end member detachably attached to the end wall and closing said slot, the end wall and said member being formed to provide an opening for the passage of a shaft, an interior wall formed in upper and lower sections and designed to permit the passage of a shaft, packing disposed between the interior wall and the end wall, and a shaft bearing disposed within the interior wall.

5. A journal box of the character described comprising casing having end walls, both of said end'walls being vertically slotted, end members detachably connected to the end walls and closing said slots, the end walls and said end members being formed to provide an opening for the passage of a shaft, inner transversely extending partitions, each of said partitions being formed of two sections, the upper section of each partition being removable, and said partition being designed for the passage of a shaft, packing disposed between the partitions and the end wall, and an elevated shaft bearing disposed between the partitions.

6. A journal box of the character described including a casing having end walls, the end walls being vertically slotted, the walls of the slot being vertically grooved, end members each extending across the corresponding under face of the casing and having an inwardly projecting portion adapted to fit in said slot in the corresponding wall and engage said grooves, said end members being vertically removable and the end walls and end members being adapted to fit around a shaft, a cover fitting over the end and side walls and detachably held in engagement with the casing, and a plurality of vertical partitions disposed within the casing, each partition being made in two sections formed to permit the passage of a shaft, the upper section of each partition being removable through the top of the casing.

7. A journal box of the character described including a casing having end walls extending upward from the bottom of the casing for a portion of the height of the casing, the upper edges of the end walls being formed to partly embrace a shaft, and removable slides disposed in the ends of the casing, the lower ends of said slides mating with the upper ends of the end walls and being formed to partly embrace the shaft, and a detachable cover for said casing and holding said slides in place.

In testimony whereof I hereunto aflix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

COMADORE J. THOMAS.

I Witnesses:

Jos. P. FRANCOIS, AL. VANDERSTTEEN.

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